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Is there social scientific evidence regarding the efficacy of the Montessori method of childhood education vs. other methods? If so, what does it conclude?

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If it is now possible to reconstruct visual information in the brain using fMRI, can we record dreams?

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Is the number of distinct species overstated due to the incentive for professional scientists to discover new species?

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Why does the fact that we can't measure the quantum world without changing it imply that it is probabilistic in its nature rather there is a simple failure of human observational power at that level?

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If I have 6 standard C cells, and four are fully charged while two are close to dead, is there an optimal way (for saving charge) to put them in a six-cell battery?

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I've often heard that 1 percent of static on a television comes from the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation. Where does the other 99% come from?

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Why is there such a seeming level of certitude about the Giant Impact hypothesis of Moon formation, despite the inconsistencies with empirical findings?

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What effect, if any, would the meteorite that struck in the Ural mountains have on the orbital path of 2012 DA14?

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What would a normally-sighted person see if they put on EnChroma sunglasses?

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Could gene therapy fix the non-functional GULO gene in humans, such that we could produce our own Vitamin C?

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Is there social scientific evidence regarding the efficacy of the Montessori method of childhood education vs. other methods? If so, what does it conclude?	128
If it is now possible to reconstruct visual information in the brain using fMRI, can we record dreams?	42
Is the number of distinct species overstated due to the incentive for professional scientists to discover new species?	13
Why does the fact that we can't measure the quantum world without changing it imply that it is probabilistic in its nature rather there is a simple failure of human observational power at that level?	13
If I have 6 standard C cells, and four are fully charged while two are close to dead, is there an optimal way (for saving charge) to put them in a six-cell battery?	5
I've often heard that 1 percent of static on a television comes from the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation. Where does the other 99% come from?	4
Why is there such a seeming level of certitude about the Giant Impact hypothesis of Moon formation, despite the inconsistencies with empirical findings?	3
What effect, if any, would the meteorite that struck in the Ural mountains have on the orbital path of 2012 DA14?	1
What would a normally-sighted person see if they put on EnChroma sunglasses?	1
Could gene therapy fix the non-functional GULO gene in humans, such that we could produce our own Vitamin C?	1